Callaway County Place Names, 1928-1945

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties
Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Alexandria

Description:

This place
was located on the north bank of the Missouri
River and was doubtless a boat landing. Nothing definite could be found concerning the history of it or the origin of the name. It
has been extinct more than fifty years. (Ovid Bell; David H. Harris; Cited in Beck's GAZETTEER OF MISSOURI & ILLINOIS, p.
259)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A.
thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Ashland School

Description:

Named for its location.

Source:

Pace, Nadine.
"Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

J.A.
Harrison settled here in 1871. On October 22, 1873, a town was laid out and called Clinton City. Later it was changed to
Auxvasse for the stream on which it is located (q.v.). (Ovid Bell; Conrad, I, p. 47; Gannett, p. 63; HIST. OF CALLAWAY, p.
260)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A.
thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Auxvasse Creek

Description:

"At
an early day Lilburn W. Boggs, afterward Governor of the state, was traveling with a company of Frenchmen, and on arriving at
the stream attempted to cross. In doing so some of the train mired and were extricated with the greatest difficulty. Hence the
party named it "Riviere Auxvasse."
The original form was Riviere aux Vases, meaning "river with mud." Vase literally means "mud in the bottom of a river." Vases is
the plural form. "Aux" stands for the preposition "a" plus the definite article "les" and means with. People who did not know
French might very easily have put the s's together in "vases" and have "vasse." Spelling the two words, Aux Vases, together
doubtless came about in the same way. (HIST. OF CALLAWAY, p. 92; Sectional Map of 1844; Littre, p. 1250)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of
Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Auxvasse Township

Description:

Auxvasse Township was organized February 12, 1821, and named for its principal town
and stream (q.v.). (Ovid Bell)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Bachelor

Description:

This
country store received its name from the nearby stream (q.v.). (HIST. CALLAWAY COUNTY, p. 260; Ovid Bell)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of
Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Bachelor Creek

Description:

The
name "originated in the fact that two old bachelors, whose names are unknown, camped on the stream through one winter or
longer." Their camp is believed to have been located about a mile or more northwest of the present village of Bachelor. (Ovid Bell;
Cited on Map of 1860)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Bachelor School

Description:

A
transferred name from a town.

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Baker School

Description:

A local
family name.

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri."
M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Barkersville

Description:

The
origin of the name is unknown. The village was founded about 1867 but has long since been extinct. (Ovid Bell; HIST.
CALLAWAY, p. 169).

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Barkersville School

Description:

A
transferred name from a town.

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Big Tavern and Little Tavern Creeks

Description:

The origin of these names is unknown. (Cited on U.S. Geological Survey, Fulton
Sheet)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A.
thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Boone's Lick

Description:

Boone's
Lick was a section of the country in the Missouri valley now occupied by Howard, Boone, Cooper and Callaway Counties. It had
no definite boundaries. It received its name, "Boone's Lick," because the two sons of Daniel Boone, Nathan and Daniel, had come
to the country in 1807 and made salt from the water of the salt springs they found in the region. (Johnson, p. 55; Barnes, p. 178;
Houck, v. III, p. 148)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Bougher

Description:

Bougher, a
railroad switch, was named for A. E. Bougher, who was superintendent of the St. Louis district of the Missouri Kansas Texas
line. (J.E. Brossart; Ovid Bell; Cited on Railroad Commissioner's Map 1910) [Southwest corner of the county, 1.4 miles west of
North Jefferson, on the railroad.]

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Bourbon Township

Description:

Organized February 21, 1825. The name was given by the early settlers for Bourbon
County, Kentucky. (Ovid Bell)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Boyd School

Description:

A local
family name.

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri."
M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Boydsville

Description:

This
country store and post office was established June 26, 1858 and named for John K. Boyd, the first postmaster. The post office
was discontinued November 21, 1861, re-established in June 1864 and permanently discontinued in 1908 when rural mail routes
came in. (HIST. CALLAWAY, p. 251; Ovid Bell; David H. Harris)

Bryans, a
flag station for shippers, bears the name of a prominent family in the community. (David H. Harris; Cited on Railroad
Commissioner's Map of Missouri 1910)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The
Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Bush School

Description:

A local
family name.

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri."
M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Caldwell Township

Description:

Organized June 5, 1883 and named for the Caldwell family, who were prominent in the
township. (Ovid Bell)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Callaway

Description:

This
country post office was maintained from April 30, 1894 to April 14, 1906. It was named for the county. (Ovid Bell; Cited on
Railroad Commissioner's Map of Missouri 1910)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In
The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Callaway County

Description:

Settled by Captain Samuel Boone, nephew of Daniel Boone, in 1818, and organized as a
county November 25, 1820. It was named in honor of Captain James Callaway, grandson of Daniel Boone, and one of the leading
men of his time in the state. Captain Callaway met his death March 8, 1815 in Montgomery County, where he had led an attack on
the Sacs and Foxes who had stolen some horses from the settlers near Loutre Island. (HIST. CALLAWAY, p. 94; Eaton, p. 267;
Campbell, p. 94)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Calwood

Description:

Named for
Cal James and Edward Wood. This name was given March 19, 1874. Previously it had been known as Jones, Tan Yard because
Mr. Jones operated a tan yard there. The town is now extinct. (Ovid Bell; HIST. CALLAWAY, p. 254)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of
Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Calwood School

Description:

A
transferred name from a town.

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Calwood Township

Description:

Organized February 23, 1876, and named for its principal town (q.v.). (Ovid
Bell)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A.
thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Carrington

Description:

Judge
William Carrington had the town surveyed June 5, 1872 and it was named in his honor. Judge Carrington, a very influential citizen,
was judge of the county court one term. The town was almost demolished by the cyclone of 1927. (HIST. CALLAWAY, p. 250;
Ovid Bell; Eaton, p. 496)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties
Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Carrington School

Description:

A
transferred name from a town.

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Cedar City

Description:

Laid out
by David Kenney in 1870 and named for the cedar trees on the bluffs near it. (Eaton, p. 496; HIST. CALLAWAY, p.
161)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A.
thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Cedar City School

Description:

A
transferred name from a town.

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Cedar Creek

Description:

The
French named this stream because of the growth of cedar trees near its mouth. "At this place, also, the north bank of the
Missouri assumes a most interesting appearance; it consists of a range of rocks, nearly perpendicular, from 130-150 feet high.
They are composed of very white limestone, and their summits are covered to the edge with cedar." (Beck GAZETTEER OF
ILLINOIS & MISSOURI, p. 266; COLUMBIA DAILY TRIBUNE, Dec. 14, 1914)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of
Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Cedar Grove School

Description:

Named for its location.

Source:

Pace, Nadine.
"Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Cedar Hill School

Description:

Named for its location

Source:

Pace, Nadine.
"Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Cedar Township

Description:

Organized November 13, 1824, derived its name from Cedar Creek (q.v.). (Ovid
Bell)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A.
thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Center School

Description:

Named
for its location.

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Central School

Description:

Named for its location.

Source:

Pace, Nadine.
"Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Cleveland Township

Description:

Cleveland Township was named in honor of Grover Cleveland, who was president of the
United States at the time of the organization. (Ovid Bell)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place
Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Coats' Prairie

Description:

"In
1817 Rev. William Coats removed (from South Carolina) to Callaway County, Missouri, and settled on the prairie which has since
borne his name." (Bryan & Rose, p. 318; Williams, I, p. 289)

Source:

Pace, Nadine.
"Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Concord

Description:

John
Henderson laid out the town of Concord May 18, 1837. Prior to the Civil War this was a very prosperous town. At present it is
practically extinct. The name is derived from the Concord Presbyterian Church, located nearby. (Ovid Bell; David H. Harris; HIST.
CALLAWAY, p. 229)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Concord School

Description:

A
transferred name from a church.

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Conner School

Description:

A
local family name.

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Cote Sans Dessein

Description:

The first settlement in Callaway County was a trading post established by the French about
1803 or earlier. The name signifies a "hill without design" and was so called "from its location near an immense rock, which in
remote ages, had been separated by some convulsion, from its kindred rock on the other side of the river, and left like a solitary
sentinel in the alluvial bottom." Sans Dessein as the French used it refers to a mental state. The only interpretation of the two
words, that seems applicable here, is: a hill that apparently has no reason for being. When the town was laid out it took the name
of the old trading post. Through the encroachments of the river the town has entirely disappeared. (HIST. CALLAWAY, p. 91;
Campbell, p. 96; Beck, p. 270)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Cote Sans Dessein Township

Description:

Although the town of Cote Sans Dessein is now extinct "the name has been given to the
township, in which the first settlement was located and in that way will be preserved." The township was organized February
12, 1821. (Williams, v. I, p. 285)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Cotton Rock School

Description:

Name of unknown origin.

Source:

Pace, Nadine.
"Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Craig School

Description:

A local
family name. [J.T. Craig owned land on which School No. 1 was located.]

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of
Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Crow's Fork Creek

Description:

This creek perpetuates the name of Jonathan Crow, supposed to be one of the first
American settlers in Callaway County. (FULTON GAZETTE, Feb. 19, 1915, 1-2; Ovid Bell)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of
Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Dixie

Description:

A pottery,
operated by the Caldwell family, was the principal impetus to the growth of this town. A post office was established June 14,
1880 and N.G. Caldwell was the first postmaster. In 1892 the name was changed to Dixie in honor of the daughter of the
postmaster, S.H. Powell. (Ovid Bell; HIST. CALLAWAY, p. 258)

Source:

Pace, Nadine.
"Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Dorsey School

Description:

A
local family name.

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Dry Fork

Description:

This small
stream received its name from the fact that it is dry most of the time. (Ovid Bell; Cited on U.S. Geological Survey, Fulton
Sheet)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A.
thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Dry Fork School

Description:

A
transferred name from a creek.

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Duley School

Description:

A local
family name.

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri."
M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Duncan School

Description:

A
local family name.

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Earl

Description:

A Mr. Sexton
established this country store and named it for his son. (David H. Harris; Cited on Railroad Commissioner's Map of Missouri
1910)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A.
thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Effie

Description:

The origin of the
name of this defunct village could not be found. It was probably named for the wife or the daughter of some prominent family.
(Cited on Railroad Commissioner's Map of Missouri 1910)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place
Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Elizabeth

Description:

The first
county seat of Callaway County, was named in honor of the wife of Henry Brite, one of the pioneers of the county, at whose
house the first court met. In 1826 the county seat was moved to Fulton. (HIST. CALLAWAY, p. 113; Conrad, I, p. 472; Williams, I,
p. 288)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A.
thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Elkins

Description:

A country post
office, was named for the Honorable Steve B. Elkins, a prominent Republican senator of West Virginia. The post office was
established about 1898, the time of Elkin's national popularity. (David H. Harris; MISSOURI GAZETTEER & BUSINESS DIRECTORY,
1898, p. 338)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Ellerslie

Description:

At one time
Ellerslie was a station on the Chicago and Alton railroad. It has been extinct many years and nothing is known of the name. (David
H. Harris; Ovid Bell; CALLAWAY COUNTY HIST., p. 162)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place
Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Elm Spring School

Description:

Named for its location.

Source:

Pace, Nadine.
"Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Fair Oak School

Description:

Named for its location.

Source:

Pace, Nadine.
"Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Filmore School

Description:

A
local family name.

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Floyd Sill School

Description:

A
local family name.

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Flynt School

Description:

A local
family name. (?)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Folsom

Description:

A post office
was maintained at Folsom from 1888-1905. It was named for the wife of Grover Cleveland, Francis Folsom Cleveland. (Ovid Bell;
David H. Harris; Cited on Railroad Commissioner's Map of Missouri 1910)

Source:

Pace,
Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1928.

Place name:

Fry School

Description:

A local
family name.

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri."
M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Fulton

Description:

The county
seat of Callaway County was originally called Volney after a French author and infidel. The name, however, was soon after
changed to Fulton, in honor of Robert Fulton, who built the first steamboat. The town was laid out about 1822 and incorporated
March 14, 1859. (Eaton, p. 267; HIST. CALLAWAY, p. 184; Conrad, I, p. 472)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of
Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Fulton Township

Description:

This
township received its name from the county seat town (q.v.). (Ovid Bell)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of
Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Garden Prairie

Description:

Settled in 1825 by Richard Berry and named by him because of its "diminutive size and
great fertility." (HIST. CALLAWAY, p. 481)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The
Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Garden Prairie School

Description:

Named for its location.

Source:

Pace, Nadine.
"Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Garrett

Description:

Garrett was
named for the Garrett family who owned a mill there. A post office was established June 17, 1898, and discontinued in August,
1905. The village is now extinct. (Ovid Bell; David H. Harris; Cited on Railroad Com. Map of Missouri 1910)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of
Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Grand Prairie

Description:

Settled
in 1839 by W.R. Benson and so named because of the rich land it contained. The name is now used to designate a community.
(Ovid Bell)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri."
M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Grant School

Description:

A local
family name.

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri."
M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Gravel School

Description:

Named
for its location.

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Gregory School

Description:

A
local family name.

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Guthrie

Description:

Guthrie was
established September 26, 1872 by B.S. Bigbee and named in his honor. In 1874 the name was changed to Guthrie in honor of
Samuel N. and John Guthrie, who were prominent in the community. (Ovid Bell; Eaton, p. 268; HIST. CALLAWAY, p.
161)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A.
thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Guthrie School

Description:

A
transferred name from a town.

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Guthrie Township

Description:

Named for a prominent family. (Ovid Bell)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of
Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Halifax School

Description:

Name
of unknown origin.

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Hall School

Description:

A local
family name.

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri."
M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Ham's Prairie [1 of 2]

Description:

This country post office was named for the prairie of that name. (q.v.) (HIST. CALLAWAY,
p. 256; Ovid Bell)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Ham's Prairie [2 of 2]

Description:

In 1816 John Ham, one of the first settlers in Callaway County, cut his name on a tree near
the edge of the prairie. (FULTON GAZETTE, Feb. 19, 1915, 1-2; Cited in MISSOURI GAZETTEER & BUS. DIR., 1893-4, p.
386)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A.
thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Ham's Prairie School

Description:

Named for its location.

Source:

Pace, Nadine.
"Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Hancock Prairie

Description:

Settled in 1819, "and named for a Mr. Hancock who was killed there by the Indians." (HIST.
CALLAWAY, p. 481)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Hardin School

Description:

A local
family name.

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri."
M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Harrison School

Description:

A
local family name.

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Harrison-Yates School

Description:

A local family name.

Source:

Pace, Nadine.
"Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Hatton

Description:

Established in
March, 1882, and named for postmaster General Frank Hatton. A store and several residences still remain. (Ovid Bell; David H.
Harris; Cited on Railroad Com Map of 1910)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The
Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Hazel Dell School

Description:

Named for its location.

Source:

Pace, Nadine.
"Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Hempstead

Description:

A post
office was maintained at Hempstead from December, 1868 to September, 1872. The origin of the name is unknown. (Ovid Bell;
David H. Harris; Cited on Sectional Map of Missouri 1844)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place
Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Hereford

Description:

Mr. Murray,
postmaster at Hereford from 1898-1907, was a breeder of Hereford cattle and named the post office on account of his interest in
Herefords. A store and school are all that remain of the town today. (Ovid Bell; David H. Harris; Cited on Railroad Com. Map of
Missouri, 1910)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Hereford School

Description:

A
transferred name from a town.

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Herring School

Description:

A
local family name.

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Hibernia

Description:

A post
office was established at this place March 12, 1825 with Patrick M. Dillon as Postmaster. Hibernia is the ancient Latin name of
Ireland. The name of the post office was changed to Cedar City in 1870. The name Hibernia is now applied to a station on the
Missouri Kansas Texas with Holt Summit as the post office. (Gannet, p. 156; Ovid Bell; Cited in county history, p.
147)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A.
thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Hickory Grove School

Description:

Named for its location.

Source:

Pace, Nadine.
"Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

High Point School

Description:

Named for its location.

Source:

Pace, Nadine.
"Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Holman School

Description:

A
local family name.

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Holt Summit

Description:

Holt
Summit was laid out September 7, 1870, by Timothy Holt and named in his honor. (Eaton, p. 268; HIST. CALLAWAY, p. 162; Ovid
Bell)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A.
thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Holt Summit School

Description:

A
transferred name from a town.

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Hord

Description:

Hord was
established in 1881 and named for John W. Hord, the first postmaster. In January, 1895 the post office was moved to Tebetts.
(Ovid Bell; David H. Harris; HIST. CALLAWAY, p. 169)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place
Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Hord School

Description:

A
transferred name from a town.

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Lamar School

Description:

A local
family name.

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri."
M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Liberty School

Description:

An
ideal name. (?)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Logan Creek

Description:

Nothing
definite could be found concerning the origin of this name. It is doubtless a family name. (Cited on U.S. Geological Survey, Fulton
Sheet)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A.
thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Lone Star School

Description:

Name of unknown origin.

Source:

Pace, Nadine.
"Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

May's Prairie

Description:

Harry
May settled on this prairie in 1820. (HIST. CALLAWAY, p. 481)

Source:

Pace, Nadine.
"Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

McClellan School

Description:

A
local family name.

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

McCredie

Description:

McCredie
was laid out September 20, 1871 by George P. McCredie and named in his honor. (HIST. CALLAWAY, p. 259; Ovid
Bell)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A.
thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

McCredie Township

Description:

This township derived its name from its leading family. (Ovid Bell)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of
Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Middle River School

Description:

A transferred name from a creek.

Source:

Pace,
Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1928.

Place name:

Miller School

Description:

A local
family name.

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri."
M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Pace, Nadine.
"Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Millersburg School

Description:

A
transferred name from a town.

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Mokane

Description:

Mokane was
first known as Smith's Landing in honor of a Mr. Smith who was a pioneer. A post office was established there in 1849 and
called St. Anbert. When the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad was built it was changed to Mokane. The name is a portion of
each of these names. (Eaton, p. 268, Gannett, p. 271; Ovid Bell)

Source:

Pace, Nadine.
"Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Moore School [1 of 2]

Description:

A local family name.

Source:

Pace, Nadine.
"Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Moore School [2 of 2]

Description:

A local family name.

Source:

Pace, Nadine.
"Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Morning View School

Description:

Named for its location.

Source:

Pace, Nadine.
"Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Mud Creek

Description:

Mud
Creek derived its name from the character of its water. (Ovid Bell, Cited on Higgin's Map of Missouri)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of
Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Muir School

Description:

A local
family name.

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri."
M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Musick

Description:

A country
post office from 1890-1907, was named for Mr. Musick, who was elected to Congress, from that district, in 1888. (Ovid Bell,
David H. Harris, Cited on Railroad Commissioner's Map 1910)

Source:

Pace, Nadine.
"Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

New Bloomfield

Description:

New
Bloomfield has undergone various changes. May 30, 1827 a post office was established and called Round Prairie, the name being
derived from the topography of the location. In 1836 Mr. Enoch Murry laid out a town at Round Prairie and called it Bloomfield. The
origin of this name is unknown. June 6, 1841, after the building of the railroad, the site of the town was moved one-half mile
farther south to the railroad and the prefix New was added. (Eaton, p. 268; HIST. CALLAWAY, p. 162; Ovid Bell)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of
Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Nine Mile Prairie

Description:

The
first settlement on this prairie was made in 1819 by Samuel Boone. As indicated by its name, the prairie is nine miles in length.
(HIST. CALLAWAY, p. 480; Ovid Bell)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The
Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Nine Mile Prairie Township

Description:

This township was named for the prairie it contains (q.v.). (Ovid Bell)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of
Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

North Jefferson

Description:

This
station, on the Missouri, Kansas, Texas line, received its name from its location, north of Jefferson City. (Ovid Bell, David H.
Harris, Cited on Railroad Commissioner's Map of Missouri 1910)

Source:

Pace, Nadine.
"Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Oak Grove School

Description:

Named for its location.

Source:

Pace, Nadine.
"Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Pleasant Ridge School

Description:

Named for its location.

Source:

Pace, Nadine.
"Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Portland

Description:

Nothing
definite could be found concerning the origin of the name. However, popular conjecture is that it was derived from the fact that
the place was a prosperous shipping point and boat landing. It was settled in 1831. (Conard, V, p. 196; HIST. CALLAWAY, p.
146)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A.
thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Portland School

Description:

A
transferred name from a town.

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Pottersville

Description:

Thomas
Caldwell settled in Callaway County in 1826, and established the pottery works there, now known as Pottersville. When the post
office was established it was known as Caldwell. (HIST. CALLAWAY, p. 257; Bryan & Rose, p. 320)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of
Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Prentiss

Description:

A post
office was maintained at this store from 1902-1904. The origin of the name is unknown. (Ovid Bell, David H. Harris, Cited on
Railroad Commissioner's Map of Missouri 1910)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In
The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Pugh School

Description:

A local
family name.

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri."
M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

R.D. Boone School

Description:

A
local family name.

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Readsville

Description:

Readsville
was settled in 1856 by John H. Read and named in his honor. He was also the first postmaster. (Eaton, p. 268; HIST.
CALLAWAY, p. 147; Ovid Bell)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Readsville School

Description:

A
transferred name from a town.

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Red Brush School

Description:

Named for its location.

Source:

Pace, Nadine.
"Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Red Star School

Description:

Name of unknown origin.

Source:

Pace, Nadine.
"Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Reform

Description:

Reform was
never more than a country store, post office and church. The post office was established in 1853 and discontinued in 1907. The
only community church in the county is located at Reform, this might have had something to do with the name, although the
inference is rather far-fetched. (Ovid Bell, David H. Harris, Cited in HIST. CALLAWAY, p. 146)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of
Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Reform School

Description:

A
transferred name from a town.

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Richland Creek

Description:

This
creek was so named because of the very fertile land that lies on either side of it. (Ovid Bell; Cited on U.S. Geological Survey,
Fulton Sheet)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Round Prairie

Description:

Enoch
Murry settled here in 1817 and named the prairie because of its topography. (HIST. CALLAWAY, p. 481) [Cedar
Township]

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri."
M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Science Hill School

Description:

Name of unknown origin.

Source:

Pace, Nadine.
"Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Scott School

Description:

A local
family name.

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri."
M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Shady Grove School

Description:

Named for its location.

Source:

Pace, Nadine.
"Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Shamrock

Description:

A post
office was established here January 10, 1833 with John M. Crockett as postmaster. The office was discontinued December 2,
1861 and re-established June 4, 1863. The name is derived from the national emblem of the Irish. Many of the settlers in the
community of Shamrock were of Irish descent. (Eaton, p. 268; Judge David H. Harris)
Another source, given by Mr. James P. Carrington, a veteran of northeast Callaway, "I have always heard that the post office
was named for a big rock near the place where the first post office was located, about two and a half miles east of the present
village of Shamrock." (FULTON GAZETTE, Sept. 7, 1916)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place
Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Shamrock School

Description:

A
transferred name from a town.

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Shamrock Township

Description:

Shamrock Township was named for its principal village (q.v.). (Ovid Bell; David H.
Harris)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A.
thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Sheets School

Description:

A
local family name.

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Smith's Landing

Description:

"Hezekiah Smith settled in Callaway County in 1818, and established Smith's Landing on the
Missouri River, now called St. Aubert." Many years later the site was washed away. The corresponding post office is now
Mokane. (HIST. CALLAWAY, p. 253)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The
Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

St. Anberts [Auberts]

Description:

Henry Holman surveyed St. Anberts [Auberts] November 17, 1848. The origin of the name
is unknown. However, it was changed to Mokane with the coming of the Missouri Kansas Eastern Railroad. (CALLAWAY
COUNTY HIST., p. 255; David H. Harris)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The
Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

St. Aubert Township

Description:

St. Aubert Township received its name from its principal village, (q.v.). (Ovid
Bell)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A.
thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

St. Eunice School

Description:

A
transferred name from a church.

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Steedman

Description:

Steedman
"was named for Dr. I.G.W. Steedman, of St. Louis, who at one time owned what is known as "The Big Survey." He was the
owner of the survey when the Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad was built across the land and the station on the tract was named
for him." (Eaton, p. 196)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties
Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Stephens School

Description:

A
local family name.

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Stephens Store

Description:

Stephens Store was named for the proprietor. Dr. T.L. Stephens established the store at an
early date. He was the inventor of Stephen's eye salve, which is sold the world over and which he first made in his store at
Stephens. (Eaton, p. 268; Ovid Bell)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Stringfield Store

Description:

This
country store was named in honor of Perry Stringfield, its owner. A post office was established there in 1856 and discontinued
in 1861. (Ovid Bell; David H. Harris; Cited on BECK'S GAZETTEER, p. 742)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of
Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Summit Township

Description:

This township was so named because of the nature of the land it contains. (Ovid
Bell)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A.
thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Sunrise School

Description:

Name
of unknown origin.

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Tate's Prairie

Description:

James
Tate settled on the prairie, that was named in his honor in 1823. (HIST. CALLAWAY, p. 481)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of
Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Tavern Hill School

Description:

Named for its location.

Source:

Pace, Nadine.
"Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Tebbetts

Description:

Tebbetts, a
railroad station, was named for an official of the Chicago and Alton Railroad. (Ovid Bell; David H. Harris; Cited on Railroad
Commissioner's Map of Missouri 1910)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The
Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Tebbetts School

Description:

A
transferred name from a town. [1941 Callaway County road map has Tebbetts School]

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of
Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Thorn Hill School

Description:

Named for its location.

Source:

Pace, Nadine.
"Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Toledo

Description:

Nothing was
found concerning the origin of the name. (Cited on Railroad Commissioner's Map of Missouri 1910)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of
Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Toledo School

Description:

A
transferred name from a town.

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Town Creek

Description:

Received its name from the fact that it circles almost half way around the town of Fulton. It
is sometimes called Stinson but the origin of this name is unknown. However, the following unauthentic explanation has been
given concerning the name Stinson: "An early day rhymster, whose verses have long been lost, is believed to have been the
first to use the name Stinson, probably because it suited the meter of his doggerel better than Town Creek." (Ovid Bell; Names File
No. 5)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A.
thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Truitt School

Description:

A local
family name.

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri."
M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Van Bibber's Lick

Description:

"In
April, 1816, James Van Bibber, a Kentuckian, located on the Aux Vasse at what became known as Van Bibber's Lick." (Conrad, I,
p. 471)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A.
thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Venice

Description:

Venice, a
country post office, has been discontinued for many years. The origin of the name is unknown. (Cited in MISSOURI GAZETTEER &
BUSINESS DIR., (1898), p. 1430)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Victor School

Description:

A local
family name.

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri."
M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Viers School

Description:

A local
family name.

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri."
M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Vivion School

Description:

Name
of unknown origin.

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Wade School

Description:

A local
family name.

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri."
M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Wainwright

Description:

This
station on the Missouri, Kansas, Texas Railroad bears the name of a prominent St. Louis businessman. (Ovid Bell; David H. Harris;
Cited on Railroad Commissioner's Map of Missouri 1910)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place
Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Wainwright School

Description:

A
transferred name from a town.

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central
Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Wallace School

Description:

A
local family name.

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Walnut Grove School

Description:

Named for its location.

Source:

Pace, Nadine.
"Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Weeks School

Description:

A
local family name.

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of
Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

West Sheley School

Description:

Name of unknown origin.

Source:

Pace, Nadine.
"Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Williamsburg

Description:

A post
office was established at this place in 1824 and called Fruits in honor of Enoch Fruit, the first postmaster. Later, about 1836, the
post office was moved to the home of Harvey Williams and called Williamsburg. It has grown to be a town of three hundred
inhabitants. (Eaton, p. 268; Williams, I, p. 295)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In
The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Williamsburg School

Description:

A transferred name from a town.

Source:

Pace,
Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1928.

Place name:

Younger's

Description:

Younger's, a country store and post office was established by Anderson Younger and
named in his honor. The old site was in Boone County but in recent years the store was moved across the county line to its
present location. (E.W. Stephens; Cited on Railroad Commissioner's Map of Missouri 1910)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of
Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Young's Creek

Description:

This
creek was named in honor of Judge Ben Young, who lived nearby and was a prominent man of his time in the county. He served
repeatedly in the two houses of the General Assembly and was a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1840. (Ovid
Bell)

Source:

Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A.
thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.

Place name:

Yucatan

Description:

Yucatan
received its name from the Yucatan Baptist Church, near which it is located. It is not known how the Church received its name.
(David Harris; Cited on Railroad Commissioner's Map of Missouri 1910)

Source:

Pace,
Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia,
1928.